词组 | tongue-lashing |
释义 | Idiom tongue-lashing informal if you give someone a tongue-lashing, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wrong.The manager gave his team a tongue-lashing after they'd lost the game. tongue-lashingA harsh vocal reprimand. The boss gave his sales team a real tongue-lashing after seeing a drop in profits for the fourth straight month. *tongue-lashingFig. a severe scolding. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I really got a tongue-lashing when I got home. Ted will have a tongue-lashing at home. |
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